100 Hard to Say Words in English
100 hard to say words in English is a short list to help learners to pronounce some challenging words, which has both difficult and common words for various users to try.
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English pronunciation has its rules, but its exceptions are making a few words hard to say. These 100 hard to say words is a short list to help learners to pronounce some challenging words in English, which has both difficult and common ones for various users to try. We leverage the computer's text-to-speak feature to pronounce them word by word. Try it, and hear how Google, Apple, or Microsoft's guys say these difficult words.
| 100 Hard to Say Words in English |
100 Hard to Say Words in English
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accede
affidavit
alias
anathema
anemone
antarctic
apocryphal
athlete
barbiturate
boatswain
cache
cacophony
camaraderie
cardsharp
cavalry
choir
colloquialism
colonel
conch
cornet
debauch
demagogue
dilate
diphtheria
draught
electoral
emollient
epitome
espouse
espresso
fatuous
February
foliage
forte
foyer
grandiloquent
hegemony
hierarchy
ignominious
inchoate
isthmus
jewelry
knell
larynx
liable
library
maelstrom
masonry
mauve
mayonnaise
miniature
mischievous
moot
nadir
neophyte
noisome
nuptial
onomatopoeia
ordnance
orient
ostensibly
panacea
parentheses
parliament
penguin
percolate
peremptory
pernickety
perspire
phenomenon
phlegmatic
pollute
posthumous
potable
prerogative
pronunciation
protean
puerile
pulchritude
quinoa
quixotic
relevant
respite
rural
sanguine
scissors
segue
sherbet
silicon
sixth
squirrel
staid
successful
suite
supremacist
surfeit
synecdoche
temperature
tenet
timbre
triathlon
truculent
verbiage
voluptuous
yolk
zephyr
zoology
Word and Definition List
accede
v. agree or express agreement, take on duties or office
affidavit
n. written declaration made under oath, a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oathalias
ad. as known or named at another time or placeanathema
n. a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrineanemone
n. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leavesantarctic
n. the region around the south pole, at or near the south poleapocryphal
a. of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being trueathlete
n. a person trained to compete in sportsbarbiturate
n. organic compound having powerful soporific effect, overdose can be fatalboatswain
n. ship,s officer in charge of equipmentcache
n. a secret store of valuables or moneycacophony
n. harsh discordant mixture of soundscamaraderie
n. the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociabilitycardsharp
n. a person who cheats at cards in order to win moneycavalry
n. a highly mobile army unit, troops trained to fight on horsebackchoir
n. a family of similar musical instrument playing togethercolloquialism
n. characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechcolonel
n. a commissioned military officer in the army who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier generalconch
n. a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in itcornet
n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone, has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valvesdebauch
n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuitydemagogue
n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudicesdilate
v. add details, as to an account or idea, clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingdiphtheria
n. a serious infectious disease that causes fever and difficulty in breathing and swallowingdraught
n. a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a roomelectoral
a. relating to or composed of electors, of or relating to electionsemollient
a. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skinepitome
n. a standard or typical example, a brief abstract (as of an article or book)espouse
v. take in marriage, become involved with or support an activity or opinionespresso
n. strong coffee, or a cup of this, made by forcing hot water through crushed coffee beans and served without milkfatuous
a. stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought aboutFebruary
n. the month following January and preceding Marchfoliage
n. the leaves of a plant or tree, or leaves on the stems or branches on which they are growingforte
a. a strong ability, something that a person can do wellfoyer
n. a large entrance or reception room or areagrandiloquent
a. puffed up with vanity, lofty in stylehegemony
n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over othershierarchy
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative bodyignominious
a. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shameinchoate
a. only partly in existence; imperfectly formedisthmus
n. a narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of landjewelry
n. an adornment made of precious metals and set with gemsknell
v. ring as in announcing deathlarynx
n. an organ in humans and animals between the nose and the lungs that contains the muscles to create the voice or soundsliable
a. held legally responsible, subject to legal actionlibrary
n. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and studymaelstrom
n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)masonry
n. the bricks and pieces of stone that are used to make a buildingmauve
n. pale purple colour, pale purple aniline dyemayonnaise
n. a thick, white sauce made from oil, vinegar, and the yellow part of eggs, usually eaten coldminiature
a. used to describe something that is a very small copy of an objectmischievous
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playfulmoot
v. think about carefully, suggest something for discussionnadir
n. an extreme state of adversity, the lowest point of anythingneophyte
n. any new participant in some activitynoisome
a. offensively malodorous, very unpleasant and offensivenuptial
a. belonging or relating to a marriage or to the state of being marriedonomatopoeia
n. using words that imitate the sound they denoteordnance
n. military supplies, especially weapons and bombsorient
v. adjust to a specific need or market, make someone familiar with a new placeostensibly
ad. in a way that appears or claims to be one thing when it is really something elsepanacea
n. something that will solve all problemsparentheses
n. round brackets, the symbols that are put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writingparliament
n. a legislative assembly in certain countriespenguin
n. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern, especially Antarctic regionspercolate
v. move slowly through a substance with very small holes in itperemptory
a. not allowing contradiction or refusal, putting an end to all debate or actionpernickety
a. placing too much emphasis on minor detailsperspire
v. sweat, pass liquid through the skinphenomenon
n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoningphlegmatic
a. showing little emotion, not emotional or excited about thingspollute
v. make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plantsposthumous
a. occurring or coming into existence after a person's deathpotable
a. clean and safe to drink, suitable for drinkingprerogative
n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group, especially a hereditary or official rightpronunciation
n. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken, the manner in which someone utters a wordprotean
a. taking on different forms, easily and continuously changingpuerile
a. of or characteristic of a child, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturitypulchritude
n. physical beauty, especially of a womanquinoa
n. the seeds of a South American plant that are cooked and eaten as foodquixotic
a. not sensible about practical matters, idealistic and unrealisticrelevant
a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issuerespite
v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an executionrural
a. of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city, living in or characteristic of farming or country lifesanguine
a. confidently optimistic and cheerful, positive and hoping for good thingsscissors
n. a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth, and hair, consisting of two sharp bladessegue
v. proceed without interruption in music or talk, change smoothly from one state or situation to anothersherbet
n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatinsilicon
n. a tetravalent nonmetallic element, the most abundant element in the earth's crust that occurs in claysixth
a. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in positionsquirrel
n. a small furry animal with a long tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seedsstaid
a. serious, boring, and slightly old-fashionedsuccessful
a. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcomesuite
n. a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotelsupremacist
n. a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all otherssurfeit
n. the state of being more than full, the quality of being so overabundant that prices fallsynecdoche
n. a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of ittemperature
n. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment, he somatic sensation of cold or heattenet
n. one of the principles on which a belief or theory is basedtimbre
n. a quality of sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each othertriathlon
n. athletic contest consisting of three different eventstruculent
a. defiantly aggressive, unpleasant and likely to argue a lotverbiage
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words, overabundance of wordsvoluptuous
a. (of a woman's body) having soft, curved, sexually attractive bodyyolk
n. the yellow, middle part of an eggzephyr
n. a slight wind, usually refreshingzoology
n. the branch of biology that studies animals